Studies on the Genus Nephroma I. The European and Macaronesian Species
- 1 July 1987
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Lichenologist
- Vol. 19 (3) , 215-268
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0024282987000239
Abstract
This paper reassesses the European and Macaronesian species of Nephroma, analyses their chemistry, and provides a key to the 14 species accepted. The investigation employs chemical techniques which enable even fragmentary material to be identified. Seven chemical groupings are recognized in the genus of which four occur in the species discussed here. Particular emphasis is placed on the distribution of major hopane triterpenoids within the genus. N. areolatum, N. foliolatum, N. hensseniae and N. sulcatum spp. nov. are described from Macaronesia, and N. tangeriense (Maheu & A. Gillet) Zahlbr., is accepted as distinct.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
- Contribution to the Lichen Flora of MadeiraThe Lichenologist, 1985
- A New Species of Nephroma from North AmericaThe Bryologist, 1980
- A New Check-List of British LichensThe Lichenologist, 1965